¥̂4 •̂* <r h < '■ *i«n » >1̂̂' •̂lfî '̂ f̂ ^̂ l»̂ .t•v ai-^ : , V -**yV*' i : i :t , t 1 » ' « ' • . " ' ^ ' f- "" « ~ ■ *■ ' ' " t ' \ ' Circulating in the District o f IVest Vancouver--Ambiesidey Holly burn, Weston ̂ Dundarave $1.00 per ye«r. Cypress Park, Caul/eildl Whytecliff, Etc. p®" ' "p̂ newMUnde. Vol. XII .............................. .................................. ................................................. . ' .... . 7"'»'... . ----------- HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, b.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27th, 1938 ' ■' ' ■■ I, ■ I ■ ■ ■ .'■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■I,.' . u I . N o . 6 THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS HORTICULTURAL ASS'N ' ConHiderlng the fact th a t there was no election for reeve, vi.rv biir vote waa polled last Saturday in the municipal V,.i mm Councillors Gisby and E lgar'w ere re-elected for *̂ mifhGr term, as were School Trustees Mrs. A. M. O'Donnelllinuti C --, __ 4>U.m wtnM.tKn«. 'CnViirt/xr nr 'i .nafaaW NT\\ G Barker, but the third member, School Trustee W. N. lilHl I • • ̂ , . ir-« ir\ . *... _ J_.. ,-. 1 /^ *fn TH-.- 'L.wmAT .nmiald. lost to. Ex-Principal G. E. Brealey, by two votes, ' f 'i.. .... ^ .M.Ji A-tm. /v/nv% 4'Vii:̂ av̂ The Spring Flower Show of the West Vanoouver Horticullur- al Association, will bt\ held on Saturday, June 18th, according to a decision made by the Board THE BURNING BUSH By Subttdar (X)MIN(J EV UNI'S Urn necessary re-cheoking of the very close vote between these w o tost candidates 'keeping the polling staff busy until a Zrv late hour.' In -the election for Police Commissioner Dr. F Dorchester headed the poll,'defeating Police Commissioner T Sinclair, who was standing for re-election. ' Particulars of the results are as follows: Council L. S. G arthorne............................ ........................... ;, Tom Brown ............................ -............. ........r : ....... ' J), M cTavish........................ ̂ -.................. ;............ Rejected ................................. ......... ........:•• ■' ■ U nm arked............................ .......................... .. J' ;.... ,i: have jusi.,re turned; J r ^ jazz , palace, where I heai'lj ̂ caused a riot, and I'm mad air tu c* v*vx.so*v,„ ...V.V.-- ,, V..,, -- over. 1 went there to please a of Directoils on Tuesday evening, man friend of mine, who is jazz and the Fall Exhibition will be crazy. It wasn't the riot, but jh o staged on Saturday, September jazz music which got me. lOtlL ' i . . Jazz comes from the African In planning its activities and village, and the nigger puts into projects for the year, President it a k ind .of .shufl'le which no Rrpftlftv is kt^.ninir in mind-that whitn can ever imitate or, ever Friday, February 11th--Annual \ 'al('n(ine Dance by Girls* Auxiliary to the Biu'bariaii Rugby Club and tlie boys Barbarian Rugby Club, Holly- burn Pavilion. ■ ' . . 'J'hursday, Feb. 17th--Valentine 'IVa by St. Stephen's - Inglc- ^wood W,A. in Inglewood Hall. '1'iday, Feb. 18th--Naomi Chap- (c'r No. 2(5, O.E.S., Annual D.ance. 1 idua! 'members have in mind are afte r this shulfle, which they when they join, is to learn how miscall rhythm, and in failing to , . rrii . 1 . . . . •!. i __ i 1,... . ..11 4-U« MILS. KNK;HT^H01)GE RESUMING TEACHING to garden. The co-operative ef- capture it they just lose all the forts and interest of all residents rhythm and .swiiig of the white Mrs. F. Knight-Hodge is re suming, as usual, the leaching of violin, pianoforte, harmony and fonn at her studio, 1332 Duchess > 1,800 School Board Mrs. A. M. P 'Donnell tv::.r.l...... ,..........................:: 625 If. .G. B ark e r.... ......................... ... .......................... G. E.- B rfe^ ley .................................................................... : W. N. McDonald ..................................................... * ojo Unmarked ................... ......... :.....-............... ...... Rejected --................-........................v""......... 2,398 , JL\Ji LO ClrlXLI V/JI. X VO i Alj.VXAliA . *-» »v V*ivy of West Vancouver:can insure a man's dance. Resplt, music tha t ,,, „iuuiw, program of activities that will just isn't. If you don't believe 'Avenue. Siudeiits are now being be of benefit to each individual it, and want to realize what aD popared for the June exams of home owner and garden lover •-- mess they have made, just listen, ( Ip, Royal Scliools, England, Tor- and to the community as a whole, brother, to, any jazz band trying onto Conservatory, London ,Ool- With specific duties and re- to play a waltz, and then you lojro oi* Music, England, Depart- , sponsibilities assigned to each will realize what I mean. Board member and with busi- ' , . , , ness meetings being held every . DuJ you ever think, two weeks, plans: are being that this I acihc O ^an will n®?d rushed to allow publication, early . to be ronanied pr̂ ^̂ in March, of the annual cata- things change on both s i t o of iogue. E m bracing : several new it. Between the War in China show classes and a complete list and guns being stuck up along inent of Eilucatiori and the B.C. Musical Festival. Any inUrest- ed are a.sdted to kindly calfi8»t,the studio or phone. West 624jj|l.. SFATUTORY MEETING3E*^I ..X' Police Cdmmi^ion Dr. F."Dorchester J. S inclair..... Mrs. C. Read ,,.... ,. Unmarked^.... Spoiled...... . Rejected. ...--. Swai 390 377 187 1 11 snow Classes arm a cumpieue uab e-****;̂ ---- - -----^ 1 ho Statutory Meeting of the nf nrivpo nflPprpd in Pflph Hass our coHstlme, the outlook IS not (..oLincd will be held a t ,7 p.m. - th e ^ W "c a S m w iim ^ ^ ^ ^ ed with enthusiasniby iiitendin wmi'f fakp much more to send cinal Hall. ( eu wiu. It won't take much more to send diwl Hall. exhibitors who want to,take full up the mountains, and -1 advantage of the early Spring going to get,, so high Jap coming ,after me will have to crawl up on all fours to reach A meeting of the West Van- me. The talk about tak ing?a:|: (toUver Business Men's Associar BUSINESS MEN'S ASSN. '984' REQUEST PERFORMANCE , ̂ OF "BLEAK HOUSE" FAREWELL TO DOBBIN One change in plarticular will meet with census of the Japs seems to be. Don will be field a t 8:30 p.m. qulte "ai3rlght;idea,.ifra persotF 'ii'^xt'Wednesday; February "Skid, idual have been lowered^^ ̂ could only tell the difference'be- in the P.D.Q. Cafe, when it is .to,rhn,v ia iz j3 > |im ± ^ th £ : without charge, to make a total he Wbst Vancouver Dickens' k' Glub-are giving by request peat performance of sketches 1 "Bleak House" on Friday, ruary-4th, in St. Stephen's sh Hall. Proceeds will go irds-theJRectory_a.ddition. 'hen' the Club presented the ----1---rx -1 '►ti c«4-tvi-Q C- ̂ Musical but outmoded, the clop-^lop of iron hoofs is bu t a dying .echo :in"the " c re sF ^ of 5 entries.in shows held during 1938. These B free entries may . be placed in either the Spring or the Fall show or divided between sketches a t the~Christmas- I of the Dickens Fellowstrip incouver, their finished a ^ - and studied .interpretation tie various parts brought rounds of applause. BRITISH - ISRAEL Regular weekly--.meeting as usual at 25th and Marine Drive, Dundarave Branch of the World m modern Canadian transportation, drowned in the ever-rising ruihble of the motor truck. This *fact was alluded to recently by R. S. McLaughlin, president. General Motors ofC anada tim - : 4 ted-,4 during-his-revie w-of-- the automotive industry a t the blose of the 1937 season. There were today, he pointed out, three times as many trucks on the ^streets and highways of Canada as there were passenger cars when the w ar began -- im the heyday of the horse. "And," he added, "since the end of the war in 1.918, while passenger cars have- multiplied only fourfold, corfimercial vehicles have in- __L._____ :___ :______ ____a ^ The two. ' Entries, beyond 5~1iT number, will bear the usual charge of 10 ceiits,each.*. For these members who are eager to, specialize iri some par ticular phase of-gardening, such as growing^delicate'ornraTeilow^ ers, vines or shrubs, the prin- 5t is, they m ight cache a tew hundred here and there in the rnore sequestered spots -in this province and then parade a few chosen hundreds over and pvei* before--the.jcenau.s officoi concert jponsored by the Associi- ation, and other matters ̂will come-up for-discussion. As-this will be the lirst meeting follow ing the reces.s for the Christmas and-New-: Y earks- act i V:iLieii,JLtJa- until,h,e had reached the allowed , reque.sted that every member, do ta lly .' iThere are lots of seiiucs- his best to be pi îigciit. ' , 'tered spots in this province, a ;;--------------------- few-thousand-to the.square mile CONSERVATIVE MEETING along (the coast, and I'd under- - -------- take to hide several thousand Tu'li*ral Conservatives met ciples~ df"gob'dT^hfi^^€"~desigm appropriate use of plant m ateri als, how to build an Alpine gar den or pool or greenhouse and other practical problems and topics, it is planned to bold lec tures and to 'fo rm small study groups for those interested. Already the Chrysanthemum Club is in process of form ation -and will stage a parlor show in the Fal 1. ' Arrangements have men in little groups, plus arms and food there, for qmGe a while.' That's why my mind thiuts to' the mountains. ' in_ _the_LegiDn_IIalLJVLon.day_.ev_ening_ , and heal'd the report oCthp sec- retary that a' large group of women had already accepted 1938 -- HOMES! membership in the ladies auxili ary to be formed by Conserva tive women soon. Thirty-three rermre poned. meeting. The subject-is. "The Coronation, the Stone and Glastonbury." The speaker will -give-his--impression - f rpm--fii*st- _b_and-experiences-while-in-Eng-- land last year.'- Everyone - is in-̂ vite'd. years the Dominion s horse pop ulation has been decreiasing at a ra te of 60,000 annually^J- ■ LEGION-WHIST-iLDANCE^ More than ever- home bu.yers delegates^Were named to attend are demanding more artistic the annual m e e t i n g D i s - homes besides being well con-, trict Association to be held in structed and planned; With this North Vancouver,' February in view there is a five room hung- 21st. Jack Louiet, ex-M.L.A;, alow being built a t llth.wiod 'stated th a t: if we are to stern Clyde which has many features, rates, a variety of selected plants "Rome isrbeingiiuilt purely i?n̂ Tfte -operate with liberalTninded Cdn- to n e w 'miim enthusiasts. American plan and ha.s great ' appeal to the small family, fo those who wish the .larger type I--a Ju st as soon as a sufficient number of members make the tziose w/io wian Lue '^em'ahd/'an"Alpine-and Rockery -^there^'fe~ being--constructed .. V ■ ■ ̂ f i l l- •m w ̂ ̂ y'J . / X 4- M ^ I 1 ' ' . - . 1. i ...._ - ___ (% J. T.X ,#x .M -I A 4 - Irt . . w . .. f ■ sane, government. We m ust re form our outworn economiic .sys- LITERARY SOCIETY A meeting of thP society'will ^ held on" Thursday evening, February 3rd, at 8 -o'clock, in the lower hall of the United Church, when an address by Mrs. Hamil ton Sniith"on'"Th.e Bronte Fam- oy ' will be given. The address Will be illustrated w ith a map.of the Bronte localities iii southieW The Canadian Legion, West Vancouver Branch, are giving.A Military W hist and Dance on. Saturday, January 29Hi, in.The_ X*egipn Hall. ' Cards, s ta rt a t 8* p.m. j sharp. There will be prizes, refreshments, and good music, a lso ̂ special hidden prize to the holder of the luoky number. Modern, and Old Time dances. Adniission, 25 cents.' dem anp/an A'lpnie anu xvuuiveij^-^tnere is oeing coxisuuuuHi ;temTind~build"a sound National Club will be organized under the home"between-T-3th~and--14th-oji--policy fonCanadianS7die~conclucl ou oT\iV<i<a'nf thp Association. For MQV'.inP Drivn f-hflf well woi'th . tool, C'̂ ,«'1,ô .r̂ oo».o /IpoIovp/-!auspices' of the Association. For Marine Drive th a t ih well wm-th ■ jg^j^ Shakespeare declared rook plant "fans" a special sec- seeing, solid in construotion, j.j^g^ Mackenzie King had hand- tion of classes has been provided artistic in appearance -- a, very United States the best of ■...............' Spring practical plan and the price is surprisingly ' low. " If you- are interested"dn home building do not fail to see these homes. * * * Yorkshire and a number of pic ture post cards which the speak- c i t^ _ o b ta in e d - from - England epurpose.for the " Miss Laura Watson of Fort Rouge, Winnipeg, is ^ n d i n g a few days with Mrs. Clarke at theihom e of Mrs. Brine, Belles- vuef Avenue. for exhibitors in the . _ Show." Bulb growers will have their innings a t parlor shows, for daffodils in ̂April and for tulips in May, All Board members have kind ly volunteered their services to Aive special attention and render helpful assistance to beginners in gardening and to hew_ resi- TABLE TENNIS LEAGUJO Mr. Softly: You know, I am very I'Hi birds. Yesterday--one sweet head actually settled on .my Mr. Tuff guy; It must have-been a WoM pecker. ' One out of every 24 inhabit an ts of the Unffed States has a prison record. ' "Sam, I hates a bad lo^r. :. .ifY-eah,, Ike,_ dat's so._JBut ra th e r play wiii a bad loser dan wid^any kind of a winner, any .. d a / ! " ' - Teams W. V. Sizzlers dents in the" municipality. For Map?e Leafs them Association'. membership , Canadiens offers m any additional advant- -agesrsucli as free advice in gar-;^ den lay-out, the privilege of a t tending instructive lectures'by outstanding professionals and the - opportunity to "swap" plants and experiences with ^olTieF^garfierrlovers. . '. - J . f -- 1.'-, ' -X ' 4 <-■ 4-n trk n p W L T PtH 9 6 1 2 14 ,_9 5l.2 .2 32' ":9 4' 3 ' 2 10 .9 2 4 3 .7 '8 0 7 r l 1 ed the United States the best o f ; the dealj^when malGng the new trade agreements^ ' giving all without any idea what Canadi ans will get in, return. He felt th a t questions of serious Nation al-import would force a Federal election J n Lhe n ^ r future. Three F 'S T n tn e m e ss ii IS 111, ,W1 Lll 11.» M a p le .L e a fs 9; W.V. Sizzlers y petty tyrants, increased taxes, D u d e s T f i; Canadien.s 8. . . promises- never fulfilled," and criminal reaction. Dr. Frank A womari'.s view was expressed when Miss Edith J. Stevens urged the women to organize. I t - will take the women, she stated, to bring the country out of the mess it is in, with its Certainly, a distinct revival of consrrucuve r r rp _ ■ , . ronclu- intorest in the Horticfiltural As-' munity beautification, the A.s- sok't'ibn is-being displayed^pnT'AOciationTsiaunchedw^^^ ̂S p tio^^com m ltS ^^ all sides. W ith, a re-orgamzed promising season ip its Jong his- ^p tio n c o m m i^ neaaea ny W d of Directors, more active tor;v. :• Mrs. A. E. Y6ilng. .. committees, bigger and .better prizes, new classes for exhibit- orsT'ap. e'aflier" catalogue,"and â constructive program for com- - .................. ..... the' A.S- Dorchester iri the chair, express ed Godspeed for a quick recovery ofrthe-several members reported- ill, --